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Monday, September 30, 2013

Maya Blake: Secrets - we all have them

Don't we? Juicy
secrets that we'd love to share but can't. Scandalous secrets that we only
share with our BFFs. Or humongous whoppers that could be potentially
life-changing. Those we normally try our hardest to smother in order to protect
those we care about.

Of course, secrets
have a very funny way of coming out because…well, it's against the laws of
humanity to keep things hidden for ever…right?

But when is
it a good time to share a secret and when is it better to keep it under
wraps?

That's the BIG
decision Cesare, my hero, faces in
MARRIAGE
MADE OF SECRETS..
He's losing Ava, his estranged wife, and could potentially lose his child but
he's so set on protecting them both that he keeps this HUGE secret to himself
until it's almost too late.

Ava is a feisty,
take no prisoners redhead who is determined to fight one last to make her
marriage work. But it's a tough gig because, well...SECRETS!

Writing this story
was hard. At times, shouted at Cesare – just tell her! The problem was he
didn't know from the off how life-changing the secret would be but he KNEW
something was very wrong. But he chose the macho way of shouldering all his
worries and not sharing his problems with his wife. *rolls eyes*

It takes an
earthquake (literally) for him to begin to come to his senses and it broke my
heart to see Cesare and Ava struggling so much. But seeing how much those two
clearly felt about each other (cue sizzling hot sexy times), I rooted for them
to find their own perfect-for-them happy ending.

What about you? Tell
me how you feel about secrets big or small and you'll be in with a chance to
win a signed paperback copy of MARRIAGE MADE OF SECRETS. Good luck!

I'm not a fan of secrets. It puts you in a vulnerable spot. I would keep a secret if it would prevent someone from knowing something painful or hurtful.

Recently I had to keep a secret for 5 months and it just about killed me. My youngest son semi-eloped on May 24th. They only had parents in attendance. He did not invite his 3 siblings. I had a hard time not telling my 3 other children. I did not understand why brothers and sisters could not attend the happy event. There are still some bad feelings.

Oh Laurie, that's awful! But as you say, sometimes it's to protect those you love. I think this was what my hero was trying to do, until it blew up in his face. Glad your secret is out and no longer burdening you :)

Congrats Maya on the new release! Looks and sounds awesome :) For the most part I don't agree w/ secrets big or small, especially among close friends and family, but there are extenuating circumstances that do justify keeping them. But not the indefinite, "for your own good" secrets.

Congrats on the release, pretty covers!I kind of have double standards on secrets: I have no problem keeping something from someone, if it hurts him/her, but I hate even the smallest secret kept from me :D

Depends on the secret. My SIL insists on keeping secrets that I just can't understand; for example, I wonder why it's a secret that her teenager is taking a driver's ed course when we can see him/her driving in the vehicle around town. I just shake my head....